Corporate-backed funding rounds spike in October

Nov 7, 2024 • Angela Logan

Multi-billion dollar funding rounds for OpenAI and Waymo lifted the dollar value of CVC-backed rounds to levels last seen in 2022. But there's an underlying rise in deal numbers, too.

Multi-billion dollar funding rounds for OpenAI and Waymo lifted the dollar value of CVC-backed rounds to levels last seen in 2022. But there's an underlying rise in deal numbers, too.

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Angela Logan

Angela Logan is news and production editor at Global Venturing.

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